AmyD. | January 14, 2008
Saturday night Maggie was in a strange mood. Kate had a friend over and this always puts Maggie in “pesky little sister” mode. I’ve discovered that this is just a natural instinct between siblings. Ethan was getting ready for the formal and that meant a lot of attention was being devoted to him. This put [...]
AmyD. | January 8, 2008
Ahhhh, it’s a brisk 49 degrees this morning and I decided to be a “good” wife and mother by making oatmeal for Mike and Maggie this morning. Poor Ethan and Kate had to make their own breakfast but judging from the leftover mess in the kitchen it looks like scrambled eggs and toast was the [...]
AmyD. | January 7, 2008
The kids are back in school. We ended Winter Break with a forward looking meal. That’s right, we eat seasonally around here. Soups, stews, and roasts in the fall/winter; tacos, grilled chicken/fish/steak, salads, sandwiches spring/summer. But, we broke with the usual and made grilled chicken tacos, home-made guacamole, home-made bean dip, home-made salsa, and pico [...]
AmyD. | January 4, 2008
We took the tree out yesterday. Ok, not “we” as in “me” – but I was totally there in spirit, I was moral support. Kate took the ornaments off the tree and ended up covered in flocking. This was our first year to have the tree “tipped” not completely flocked. “Uh, let’s not flock the [...]
AmyD. | December 31, 2007
Er, Happy New Year’s Eve, at least! I’m looking forward to a light-hearted evening that will hopefully include some good conversation and lots of laughs, just not at my expense. We’ll have food, games, family and beer… And… OH the BEER. Thanks to an awesome Christmas present from my mother, I am now the proud [...]
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